Policymakers, experts, and advocates analyzed the findings of Children's Budget 2025 during the Children's Budget Summit 2025 held on October 30. Access resources and follow the conversation in this recording.
Children's Budget 2025 finds that the share of federal spending on children has declined for the fourth straight year, hitting its lowest point since the previous Trump Administration.
Our policy team analyzes the granular policy agenda intended to serve as the “playbook” for a Republican presidential administration. This extremist agenda proposes measures that would leave America’s children poorer, sicker, and less likely to become productive citizens. Our series explores some of the most harmful proposals.
The 2024 Babies in the Budget book analyzes the share of federal spending allocated to our nation’s youngest. Overall, our analysis finds that for the third straight year, the share of federal spending on children ages 0-3 declined, from just 1.98% in FY 2021 to a mere 1.52% in FY 2024.
The Trump Administration’s latest Reductions in Force (RIFs) across key federal agencies could inflict lasting damage on critical programs…
The Trump Administration has been threatening to withhold SNAP benefits since the very beginning of the government shutdown. Now,…
Federal spending on children has declined for the fourth straight year, according to First Focus on Children’s new budget…
Spending on kids hits lowest level since previous Trump Administration Federal spending on children has declined for the fourth…
The United States government failed children once again in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. For the fourth straight year, investments…
The United States government failed children once again in 2025. For the fourth straight year, investments in children declined,…
For more than 15 years, First Focus on Children has produced our annual Children’s Budget, an analysis of the funding — and therefore the value — that we as a nation place on our children. The Children’s Budget offers U.S. leaders and lawmakers a comprehensive picture of where and how we spend our money on children, and what changes we must make to better prioritize them in federal budget and policy decisions.